Campaign-button



.(No Model.) H. I. SEIDEL.

CAMPAIGN BUTTON. No. 574,497. Patented Ja 5, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIUGO I. SEIDEL, OF EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

CAM PAlGN-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,497, dated January5, 1897.

Application filed April 1 1896- /.0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGO I. SEIDEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eureka Springs, in the county of Carroll and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements inCampaign-B uttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use thesame.'

My invention is a spring-locket lapel-button and is intended as acampaign-button.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face view of my button. Fig.2 is an edge View. Fig. 3 is a face view of the button open. Fig. 4 is asectional view of the button.

My button is designed to be fastened in the lapel of a coat and isdescribed as follows:

A is the face of button, on which may be written, engraved, or otherwisewrought or attached thereto any appropriate words, such as Our NextPresident, Our Next Congressman,- Our Next Mayor, or the like. Said faceof the button may be made of any suitable material. For a person infavor of silver it may be of silver, and for a person in favor of goldit may be of gold.

Around the circumference of the button is a flange or ornamentalprojection a for the purpose of hiding the hinge a. The upper and lowertrays b and c are hinged together by a hinge a. The lower tray isslightly smaller than the upper one, (see Fig. 4,) and the hinge is soconstructed that the button will open flat out, as shown in Fig. 3. Inthe lower tray is secured aspring c to throw the upper tray open. (SeeFig. 4.) A part of the rim of the upper tray is turned in forming acatch d, and to the bottom of the lower tray is secured the lower andspring end of a catch e. This catch is adapted to catch over the catch dand hold the two parts of the button shut. Said catch 6 has its outeredge e inclined outwardly.

Said button is provided on its under side with a shank f and a head f.Said head has through it a perforation, and through said perforationWorks a stiff wire g, havingon its lower end a head g, and around saidwire and between the heads f and g is a coil-spring g Said wire isturned out, forming an arm 9 and then up, forming a key g This keypasses up through a perforation in the bot- Serial No. 587,976. (Nomodel.)

tom of the tray 0 and between the wall of said tray and the incline e ofthe catch e, and when the head g is pressed upward it forces the key gup between the said wall and the spring and throws said spring back,releasing it from the catch (Z, and the button flies open and exposesthe pictures of the candidates or whatever else may be contained in saidbutton to View. The pictures or whatever else may be held in said traysare held in place by a band it or other means.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the tray 19, hinged to the smaller tray 0, the twotrays adapted to be thrown open bya spring a; tray 17, provided with acatch (1; tray 0, having secured on its inside and toits bottom thelower and spring end of a catch e, having an incline a; shank f, andperforated head f wire g, having a head g, and passing through theperforation in the head f, its other end extending through a perforationin the tray 0, and between the wall of tray 0, and the incline e, of thecatch 6, and adapted to throw said catch back when pressed upwardly,substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the tray 12, hinged to the smaller tray 0, the twotrays adapted to be thrown open bya spring 0'; tray b,provided with acatch (1; tray 0, having secured on its inside and to its bottom thelower and spring end of a catch 6, having an incline e; shank f, andperforated head f wire g, having a head g, and passing through theperforation in the head f its other end extending through a perforationin the tray 0, and between the wall of tray 0, and the incline e, of thecatch (2, and adapted to throw said catch back when pressed upwardly;coilspring e working around wire g, and between the heads f and g,substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

In'testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

O. W. WATKINS, B. E. Woonnurr.

